The basic need a person would attempt to meet first is the need for
1. oxygen.
2. belonging.
3. water and food.
4. safety and security.
1
Highest priority for continued life
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Oliguria in an eclamptic patient is an indication of
A) dehydration. B) hypovolemia. C) decreased glomerular filtration rate. D) All of the above are correct.
The nurse is assessing a pregnant woman in the second trimester. Which of the following tasks would indicate to the nurse that the client is incorporating the maternal role into her personality?
A) The woman demonstrates concern for herself and her fetus as a unit. B) The client identifies what she must give up to assume her new role. C) The woman acknowledges the fetus as a separate entity within her. D) The client demonstrates unconditional acceptance without rejection.
The psychiatric nurse is preparing discharge information for a patient diagnosed with schizophrenia
Knowing that the patient will be discharged to a home shared with the patient's elderly parents, you want to develop evidence-based care for the patient. You will first: a. identify the major support person for the patient. b. define the patient's current acute clinical problems. c. help the patient to find appropriate, attainable employment. d. help the patient to be reoriented to living outside a locked psychiatric unit.
Which best describes the difference between septic shock and multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS)?
a. Septic shock causes an elevation in body temperature, tachycardia, and tachypnea, while MODS causes a hypothermia, bradycardia, and bradypnea b. Septic shock causes significant illness but is rarely life threatening, while MODS has very high mortality rates c. Septic shock refers to the presence of bacteria in the blood, while MODS is chronic inflammation d. Septic shock is caused by infection that results in hypotension, while MODS involves hypotension as well as other body system abnormalities